Jumping-ring game.



J. STRANDERS. JUMPING RING GAME.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1911.

' Patented Jan. 2, 1912.

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ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES ATNT FC,

JULIEN STRANDERS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO SELCI-IOW & RIGHTER COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

JUMPING-RING GAME.

.. Application filed September 26, 1911.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIEN STRANDERS, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Jumping-Ring Game, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription.

My invention relates to an improvement in games, and it comprises a number of rings intended to be laid one after another upon a base-board which is arranged to be struck by a suitable impact member with such force as to cause the rings to fly upward. Upon the base-board is mounted a number of pegs or pins which are numbered, and the rings descending will frequently fall so as to come to encircle one of these pegs, and the number adjacent the peg so encircled will then be added to the players score. The pegs or pins are located according to any desirable plan, and the rings are preferably located in the midst of the pins when the board is struck by the impact member to throw the rings upward while the game is being played. Each ring can be caused to jump or leap to a greater or less distance, according to the force with which the impact member strikes the board; and it can be caused to move in any desired direction by locating it to one side or the other of the center of impact or percussion. Hence, success with my improved game will be due not merely to chance, but to some extent to the players skill, and the game is rendered more interesting for that reason.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of his specification, in which the same characters of reference indicate the same paitsin both views.

Figure/1 is a top plan of the base-board upon which my improved game is played, showing the arrangement of the score pegs or pins, and illustrating the manner in which the rings are apt to fall and encircle the pins or pegs; and Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

My improved game is played by means of a'base which is supported in a rectangular frame of pasteboard or light wood, shown at 1. The base is illustrated at 2, and it has its edges down-turned as at 3, so as to support. the base 2 any given distance abovethe bottom of the frame. The bottom edges of the frame 1, and the clown-turned edges 3 of the base-board 2-, terminate flush with each other and receive a bottom cover 4-,

which completely incloses the space between the base-board 2, this cover 4 having upturned edges 5, to surround the frame 1 and form a snug fit therewith, as shown in Fig. 2. The down-turned edges 3 of the baseboard 2 and the sides of the frame 1 are provided with a pair of eyelets 6, oppositely located; and through these eyelets is passed a cord or tape 7. This cord carries inside of the space inclosed by the cover 4, a fiat impact member 8 in the form of a circular disk of metal or any other suitable material having sufficient mass; this impactgsnember 8 is fixedly attached to the cord and the outer ends of the tape 7, outside of the frame 1, terminate in operating rings 9 which en circle the fingers of the player, to enable the cord to be jerked to throw the impact member 8 into action.

On the top of the base-board 2 I mount a suitable number of score pegs or pins 10. These pins or pegs 10 are shown as being arranged in the form of a square, the corner pegs of which are opposite the mid points ofthe sides of the frame 1; and on each side of this square and adjacent the mid points of the sides thereof, that is, in the neighborhood of the four corners of the frame 1, I arrange four other score pegs 10, outside the score pegs or pins forming the square.

The base-board 'is provided with a suitable amusing design 11, such as the face of a clown, this design being centrally located, and being surrounded within the contour of the square formed by the four lines of score pins, with the design of an eight-pointed star. The lines representing the sides of the points of this star are continued outward past the lines of pegs. and these lines intersect in pairs in the sides of the frame 1.

As will be noted upon an inspection of Fig. 1, the score pegs or pins 10 which are arranged in the form of a square, as above described, are located so that at least one of them along the sides of the square will lie between each pair of lines intersecting in the sides of the frame 1, as above described. The pins 10 at the corners of the square and adjacent the corners of the base 2, however,

' between or around one of the pegs.

two adjacent pairs, as shown; and the space.

erable only, since any desired picture or design may be represented'instead, and any arrangement of score pegs or pins 10 around the center may be followed according to the choice or convenience of the maker. It is desirable, however, that the pins should be symmetrically arranged around the design 11 where the rings 12 are placed to receive the impact of the weight 8 when they are to be caused to leap or jump upward to fall into enbircling position with respect to these egs. p It will be noted, by reference to Fig. 1, that the scoring pins or pegs along the sides of the square, with the exception of the pins at the corners of the square, are numbered as 3, 6, 9 and 12, the numerals indicating the score numbers being shown in solid black. The pins at the corners of the square and the pins adjacent the corners of the base-board 2, however, are numbered 5, 10, 15 and 219, and the numerals indicating these scoring members are shown in outline only.

Both the pegs and the spaces between the lines which are ruled upon the base-board may be colored to give the game apparatus an attractive appearance. For example, I may make the pegs or pins in the form of a square, black, except those in the corners, which may be red; and I may arrange the outside pegs located in the corners of the frame 1, so as to be colored yellow. Each of the rings 12 will also be colored one tint on one side and another tint on the opposite side; and the game may be played so as to allow a player to increase the score indicated by the number of any encircled peg, in case one colored side of the ring should lie uppermost when the ring comes to rest, in preference to the other side. For example, when the rings are red and yellow the game may be played so that if the ring should encircle the post marked 12 with the red side up, the score will be only 12, but if it should come to rest encircling the same post with the yellow side up the score will be twice 12 or 2 1, or be increased in some other manner.

The manner of operating the game apparatus will be apparent. Each ring 12 is placed in the center directly upon the face of the clown, and the rings 9 are drawn outward to make the weight 8 produce an impact on the under side of the base 2. This impact will cause the ring to fly upward a certain distance, after which it will fall back upon the board and come to rest lying either The board will of course be set upon a level when the game is being played, and the impact member 8 is to be manipulated so that it will normally strike the under side of the base 2 directly beneath the face of the clown and the eight-mounted star surrounding the same. By locating the rings at the time they are struck slightly away from the center in different positions around the circumference of the star, the direction in which they move can be largely controlled. Furthermore, the distance to which they can be caused to leap or jump when the impact member is operated will of course depend upon the force of the blow applied. Hence, the result of the game will depend merely not upon chance, but in a large manner upon skill also, thus adding greatly to the interest of those playing it.

It will be understood that the impact member 8 is rigidly secured to the cord 7, midway between the ends thereof, so as to make the distances from the center of the impact member 8 to the rings 9 about equal. Therefore, if the operator Wishes to cause the impact member to strike directly beneath the center of the design 11, he will see to it that the ends to which the rings 9 are attached project to equal extents beyond the sides of the frame 1, before pulling upon the ends of, the cord; and if he wishes to cause the impact member to strike to one or the other side of the center he will manipulate the cord, to move the impact member 8 accordingly.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. An improvement in games, comprising a base-board, an impact member located in operative relation to said base-board, means for operating said impact member, a plurality of members adapted to be laid upon said board adjacent the center of impact, to be thrown upward when the impact member strikes the board, and means carried by the face of said board to indicate the position in which said members come to rest afterfalling, so as to enable the players to mark scores accordingly.

2. An improvement in games, comprising a base-board, an impact member located beneath said board, means for operating said impact member to strike said board, a plurality of members to be placed upon the upper side of said board adjacent the center of impact to be thrown upward by the shock of impact, and means mounted upon the face of said board to mark the positions in which said members come to rest after falling, and enable the players to keep score accordingly.

3. An improvement in games, comprising a base-board, an impact member located beneath said board, means for operating said impact member to strike said board, a plurality of perforated members to be placed upon the upper side of said board adjacent the center of impact to be thrown upward by the shock of the impact, and means mounted upon the face of said board to mark the positions in which said members come to rest after falling and enable the players to keep score accordingly.

4. An improvement in .games, comprising a base-board, an impact member beneath the same in position to strike the under side thereof, means for operating said impact member, a plurality of perforated members adapted to be located on the top of the base board in operative position with respect to the center of impact, and a plurality of score pegs having numbers marked adjacent the same, carried by said baseboard to mark the position of said perforated members when the same come to rest after falling, and enable the players to keep score accordingly, when one of said perforated members comes to rest encircling one of said pegs.

5. An improvement in games, comprising a baseboard, a frame surrounding the same, said base-board being supported above the lower edges of said frame, apertures passing through the opposite sides of said frame, an operating cord passing through said apertures, said cord carrying an impact mem- 3 her of suitable mass between its ends, rings attached to the outer ends of said cords to operate said impact member, and a plurality of movable members adapted to be placed on the top of said base-board adjacent the center of impact, to be thrown upward when the rings are pulled to throw said impact member into action.

6. An improvement in games, comprising a base-board, a frame surrounding the same, said base-board being supported above the lower edges of said frame, apertures passing through the opposite sides of said frame, an operating cord passing through said apertures, said cord carrying an impact member of suitable mass between its ends, rings attached to the outer ends of said cords to operate said impact member, a plurality of rings adapted to be placed in turn on the upper side of the base-board, to be thrown upward by the shock of the impact member, and a plurality of pegs having numbers marked adjacent the base of each, mounted upon the upper face of said board, whereby, whenever a ring in falling encircles one of said pegs, the players score can be marked accordingly.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J ULIEN STRANDERS.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM F. NICKEL, E. G. SELOHQW.

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